BepiColombo - Wikipedia
BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. [4] The mission comprises two satellites …
BepiColombo - NASA Science
BepiColombo is an international mission comprised of two spacecraft riding together to Mercury to orbit and to study the planet from unique vantage points. The European Space Agency (ESA) …
ESA Science & Technology - BepiColombo
BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.
ESA - BepiColombo - European Space Agency
Oct 20, 2018 · BepiColombo will be the second and most complex mission ever to orbit Mercury. Close to the Sun and more difficult for an orbiter to reach than Saturn, this small desert world …
ESA - BepiColombo factsheet - European Space Agency
Oct 20, 2018 · Name: BepiColombo Spacecraft: Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM) Mission: To …
Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby
Jan 9, 2025 · BepiColombo's third image selected from this flyby, taken by M-CAM 2, shows spectacular examples of the two things that bring bright material to the surface: volcanic …
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BepiColombo - Exploring Mercury. Europe's first mission to Mercury. Welcome to ESA's website for the BepiColombo scientific community and the BepiColombo Science Ground Segment. …
ESA Science & Technology - Fact Sheet
Sep 5, 2019 · BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven-year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar …
ESA delays BepiColombo orbital insertion because of thruster …
Sep 2, 2024 · An investigation found what ESA called “unexpected electric currents” between solar arrays on one part of BepiColombo, the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM), and a power …
BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and …
Dec 19, 2024 · BepiColombo swooped past Mercury at a distance of 37,626 kilometers (about 23,400 miles) on Dec. 1. The most recent flyby isn't the spacecraft's closest encounter with …
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